Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens from 10 European countries were brought home on a repatriation flight which landed safely at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on September 17.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by Vietnamese authorities and representative organisations in Europe, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, and authorities of the 10 European countries.
On September 16, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Frankfurt sent its staff to the airport to assist the passengers with boarding procedures.
Passengers include children aged under 18, the elderly, the ill, pregnant women, workers whose visas or labour contracts expired, students with no residences due to dormitory closures and those in extremely difficult circumstances.
After landing at the airport, all passengers and crew members of the flight were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine areas.
To date, more than 130 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities since April 10 to help over 37,000 local people stranded abroad due to Covid-19 return home, the ministry said, adding that more such flights are set to be conducted in the coming time.
This article was originally published in Dtinews
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Source: Vietnam Insider